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CHANGES IN JOURNALISM: FROM DISRUPTION TO REINVENTING THE NEWS
Tuesday, March 26 , 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm CDT
March 19, 26, April 2, 9 (Tuesdays) 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Attend in person at ISU’s Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal
OR
Watch Online via Zoom
FEES:
$35 for Senior Professional members (includes all four sessions)
$45 for non-members (includes all four sessions)
For in-person participation, pricing is per person.
For Zoom participation, pricing is one registration per household.
Price includes:
Four 2-hour sessions (one Academy of Seniors class).
$15 single-session option available for in-person attendance (pay at door).
Register online at seniorprofessionals.illinoisstate.edu or call (309) 438-2160.
Zoom participants will receive a Zoom link a week prior to the start of the class(es) and again on the day of each session.
Class Description
Over the past decade, more than 2,000 weekly and daily newspapers nationwide have closed. Thousands of others have turned into “ghost papers” – newspapers with few or no reporters. In fact, editorial staff nationwide at newspapers have been reduced by nearly two-thirds and the evidence of the cuts in staff is clear in central Illinois.
Based on the book Changing Models for Journalism, this course will recount what has happened to American journalism in the 21st Century but quickly move to how news is being reinvented by independent journalists, how technology and open data are being used for better journalism and how to find newsrooms and journalists you can trust. Learn ways to keep up with constant changes in news.
Brant Houston, Professor and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting, College of Media, University of Illinois
